Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC, 2000-2001 Edition (Cracking the Ap. Calculus Ab & Bc Exams)

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Summary: TOO MANY MISTAKES!
Review: I found this book useful for practice before tests during the Calc year, however, many of the free response answers are absolutely wrong (negative sign suddenly appears in their solution when the original problem didn't have a negative sign, right endpoint calculations done incorrectly, etc.). Use it for studying, but the College Board's web site contains better study material for free response questions.

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Summary: Okay
Review: I have been asking advices considering which publisher of AP review book is the best, and I was recommended to use the Princeton Review. I've used this book and other Princeton review book before, and i think they really gives me thorough explanation. This book provides useful information on all the derivatives and integrals which are needed for the calculus AP test.

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Summary: TOO MANY MISTAKES!
Review: I took the AP calculus BC exam today after reviewing with this book. If I could review all over again I would without a doubt purchase another study guide. This book was riddled with errors. Some were minor (like an a missing decimal point in a problem solution) but others were major and completely unjustifiable (including an incorrect formula for the Taylor series of ln(x+1)). Also, this book does not contain any review of polar topics, which have been free response questions in previous years. After reading this book from cover to cover, I was left with the impression that it wasn't editted before being sent to press; an extremely subpar effort from a company whose test prep materials I had come to rely upon.

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Summary: It's a "not-bad" book, not the best
Review: I took the AP exam this year, I used three AP books to prepare, of course it includes this book. This is not too good book if we compare this book to Barrons'. The test is kinda easier than the actual test, and it didn't give you explanation on the chapter problems. For those who need to know how to do the problems, this book won't really satisfy you. Get the Barrons' one, that book is much better. But well, like i said, it still a nice book for AP test.!!!

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Summary: Princeton is best brand
Review: This is the best AP Calculus study book out there. I think the Princeton Review makes the best guides, because they are so casual about the subjects. The books are written in an entertaining way - they won't bog you down. I used the Princeton Review guide to pass the Calculus, European History, and Biology AP tests. I am disappointed they don't make an AP English Language book!

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Summary: Absolutely Great!
Review: tpr is wonderful. To keep this review hackneyed, its so good, it can be used as a textbook. Thank you TPR!

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Summary: I got a 5 on the test and this book was a great help!!
Review: You'll need to go through the sample tests on this book.
They are the same, and I mean the same, as the real test you'll see on your test day.
It helped me alot.